Dry January is officially over and it’s time to bring back booze; but before you dive into your drinks’ cabinet or reopen your home-bar, let’s take a look at the best non-alcoholic drinks of 2024, so you can ease yourself into February.
Whether you're looking for non-alcoholic drinks to continue with a booze free 2024 or you love a tipple and simply want to cut down on alcohol to live a healthier lifestyle, we have compiled a list of seasonal mocktails to tickle your tastebuds and provide a complexity of flavour (something a lot of soft drinks fail to do). We’ve also paired each drink with the perfect glassware, so your mocktail will feel just as special as a cocktail.
In fact, mocktails should mimic their boozy counterparts – and not just with the perfect cocktail, copa or highball glass. Like cocktails, mocktails should provide an ideal balance of bitterness, acidity, sweetness, and heat.
Without further ado, let’s take a look at the best non-alcoholic drinks of 2024 and find out which seasonal mocktails will take you by surprise this year.
Best Spring Mocktails
Non-alcoholic Tom Collins
Our top pick for a refreshing spring cocktail is a non-alcoholic Tom Collins made with Seedlip Garden, a non-alcoholic distilled spirit flavoured with peas, rosemary, spearmint, and thyme. Thanks to the botanicals this refreshing mocktail is loaded with flavour.
Ingredients (makes one)
60ml Seedlip Garden or a botanical non-alcoholic gin
30ml freshly squeezed lemon juice
30ml sugar syrup*
90ml tonic
*Make a homemade sugar syrup by adding equal parts water to sugar and gently heating in a small saucepan until the sugar dissolves. Transfer to a sealed glass container and store in the fridge for up to two weeks.
Mix the ingredients together and shake with a handful of ice. Serve in our Gatsby Highball, which is inspired by the 1920s. Subtly decorated with its lattice design and finished off with a fine platinum rim, this elegant highball is the perfect glass for serving up a gin-free Tom Collins. Garnish with a slice of lemon.
Non-alcoholic Margarita
If you’re looking to impress guests with a flavourful mocktail, then this spin on a popular tequila cocktail won’t let you down. Refreshing and layered with flavours, it’s surprisingly easy to prepare.
Ingredients (makes one)
60 ml freshly squeezed lime juice
30 ml freshly squeezed orange juice
30ml freshly squeezed lemon juice
a dash of olive brine
1 teaspoon agave nectar or maple syrup
60 ml tonic or club soda
Mix the ingredients together and shake with a handful of ice. Serve in our stunning crystal Wine & Bar Margarita Glass and finish with a salt rim or garnish with a slice of lime.
Best Summer Mocktails
Apple and Elderflower Punch
For the warmer – hopefully hot – summer months, we’ve opted for a refreshing non-alcoholic punch, packed with apple, elderflower, and mint.
Ingredients
75ml elderflower cordial
1 litre cloudy apple juice
A small handful mint leaves, roughly chopped
1 bottle of sparkling water
Mix the elderflower cordial with cloudy apple juice. Add the mint leaves and stir well. Fill the glasses halfway with the juice and top up with sparkling water. Serve in our stemless copa glasses for a sophisticated dinner party feel or in our Bar Six Highball for a summer garden barbecue. For a larger celebration, pre-make the punch and serve it in our Punch Jug and let your guests help themselves.
The Peach Cooler
One of the best non-alcoholic drinks of 2024 is the citrusy sweet peach cooler. We predict this summer mocktail will be high on the list for casual summer gatherings, drinks parties, barbecues an dinner parties.
Ingredients
Juice of 2 lemons and two limes
1 lemon and 1 lime, thinly sliced
peach nectar
cloudy lemonade
sparkling water
finely sliced strawberries
Mix the lemon juice and lime juice a large jug, add the sliced lemon and lime, and a handful of ice cubes. Add peach nectar to fill about one-third of the jug and top up with lemonade. Garnish with sliced strawberries. Serve this sumptuous summer drink in our Large Ice Lip Jug and decant into a Cheers! Tumbler. For guests who prefer a boozy drink, add a little peach schnapps to their glass.
Best Autumn Mocktails
Pear and Pumpkin smoothie
Autumn months bring a slight chill to the air, so if you’re looking for a warming seasonal mocktail, then we have just the ticket! This pear, pumpkin and ginger juice is the perfect early evening mocktail to sip by a firepit as the sun sets. It’s definitely earned a spot on the best non-alcoholic drinks of 2024.
Ingredients
50g pumpkin or butternut squash, peeled and deseeded.
1 ripe pear
250ml orange juice
1cm thick slice ginger
Blend the ingredients in a blender and pour into a Wine & Bar Tumbler.
Blackberry and Bay spritz
For a more refreshing, non-alcoholic autumnal drink opt for a blackberry and bay lemonade mocktail.
Ingredients
3 bay leaves
50g golden caster sugar
1 lemon
200g blackberries (fresh or defrosted)
300ml sparkling water
Pour 350ml of water into a saucepan and add the caster sugar and the bay leaves. Gently bring to the boil, then leave to cool, and remove the bay leaves. Chop the lemon into chunks and put in a blender. Add the blackberries and the bay leaf infusion. Blend until the mixture is smooth and strain it through a sieve. Serve in tumblers or wine glasses and top up with sparkling water. Serve in Six White Wine Glasses.
Best Winter Mocktails
Non-alcoholic Espresso Martini
Shake off those winter blues with this warming, creamy non-alcoholic espresso martini. It’s simple to make, but just one sip of this winter mocktail and you won’t feel like anything is missing!
Ingredients
30ml espresso
30ml sweetened condensed milk
Dash of milk
30ml non-alcoholic vodka (optional)
Mix the ingredients and serve in our stunning Limelight - Mitre Martini Glasses. The striking vertical cut design wraps around this pair of contemporary style martini glasses. The perfect cocktail glass to showcase a shorter mocktail or cocktail drink.
Non-alcoholic Coconut and Cranberry Mojito
For a truly festive mocktail, try a coconut and cranberry mojito. This Christmas mocktail is easy to prepare and it’s packed full of flavour.
Ingredients
6 limes (cut into wedges)
100g caster sugar
30g mint leaves
320ml non-alcoholic white rum
500ml coconut water
250ml soda water
Crushed ice
Cranberries
Mix the limes, caster sugar and most of the mint leaves (reserving some for the garnish). Squeeze the limes and mix with the sugar until it has dissolved. Add the non-alcoholic white rum and coconut water, then top up with soda water and stir well. Add a handful of crushed ice to 6-8 highball glasses and divide the mocktail between the glasses. Garnish with a few cranberries and a mint sprig.
